Try Your Hand at Making This Super Fun Double Gate Fold Card Design with Stampin' Up!s Sweetest Christmas Suite for an Easy Holiday Card to Send

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Welcome to the first blog hop of many (we hope) by the Sweethearts Global Collective. We are a group of women who are members of an exclusive Direct Sales Coaching Group, called The Elite Suite led by Brenda Ster. We are all working to improve our direct sales business' online through providing value that you can use. We hope you'll find what we share valuable. This month's theme is "Anything Goes!"

For this first time, eleven fabulous Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrators from around the globe have collaborated to bring you some wonderful ideas to enrich your papercrafting experience. We hope as you "hop" through each blog you will leave some comments about the project they are sharing with you. We'd all appreciate that very much.

LET'S GET STARTED:

Do you like to challenge yourself with difficult looking cards to only find out they are very easy to make? That is how you'll feel when you are done trying this Double Gate Fun Fold. It goes together quickly for an outstanding result!

I was inspired by a Lavonne Schwendeman design. But as most cardmakers do, I changed the front panel to show off more of the background Designer Series Paper. Then I balanced the space around the candy canes on the front panel. The card still stands up easily. I realized I tend to like projects that are symmetrical. This one is!

Matching fun fold card and envelope always makes a special gift to receive.

Here's a sneak peek to the inside message panel. At first I thought it was going to be awkward to write your message inside because nothing was laying flat. 

But look what I discovered! You can open it wide to write on the inside! It only took me a while to realize it. That was an aha moment!

                     

Just fold the side flaps all the way to the back side and you'll be able to easily write your message inside.

Close up of the main front panel.

Top View to see the Double Gate Fun Fold.

LET'S GET GOING!

Project Directions:

There are 3 sections to this card: Back Panel base, Double Gate Folded middle panel, and Front Panel holding the candy canes.

Cutting Directions:

Back Panel base

Cut Real Red Cardstock 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

Double Gate Folded Middle Panel

Cut Real Red Cardstock 5-1/2" x 7-1/4" 

Score this piece on the long side at 1-3/8", 2-1/2", 4-3/4" and 5-7/8"

Then starting on the left side do a Mountain fold, Valley fold, Valley fold, and Mountain fold.

Cut 4 pieces of the Sweetest Christmas Designer Series Paper (small red and green candy cane design) 1-1/8"" x 4".  Two pieces will go on the Back Panel, and two pieces on the middle double gate fold outer panels.

Basic White cardstock for inner layer 2" x 5-1/4"

Front Panel holding the candy canes

Cut Real Red Cardstock 3-1/4" x 4-1/4"

Cut Sweetest Christmas Designer Series Paper (green diamond pattern) 3" x 4"

Die Cut with the Candy Cane Dies two red and white candy canes (one pointing each direction)

Real Red Glimmer Paper 1-1/2" x 3"

Basic White Cardstock for tag 1-1/2" x 2-1/2"

If desired - Decorate your envelope flap with a piece of 2-3/8" x 6" coordinating paper from the Sweetest Christmas Designer Series Paper.

Assembly Directions:

1. Adhere two pieces of the candy cane paper to the left and right sides of the Back Panel leaving a 1/8" border on the outside and top/bottom edges.

2. Using your Grid Paper center the Back Panel on the paper. Adhere the Middle Panel so there 1" sections on each side of the back panel.

3. Adhere the last two pieces of the candy cane paper to the left and right panels of the Middle Panel sections.

4. With Garden Green ink and the little leaf stamp from the set, stamp two leaves as shown in the photo on the Basic White inner layer before adhering it to the middle section of the Middle Panel.

5. With the Front Panel piece of Real Red cardstock, adhere the piece of the green diamond patterned paper. 

6. Before adhering the two die cut candy canes to the front panel, set them in place to see how they look. Once you are happy with the look, put a small amount of adhesive where they cross, so you will now handle them as one unit. Place Mini Dimensionals generously on the back, then affix to the green patterned paper.

7. Using the Double Oval Punch, punch out the scalloped oval in the Real Red Glimmer paper. 

On the piece of Basic White cardstock, stamp the "Christmas Cheer" in Garden Green ink, then punch out the plain oval. Affix them together.

8. Affix the Oval Greeting flat to the Candy Canes in the middle with Stampin' Seal and one mini dimensional on each outer portion. 

9. Embellish each corner of the front panel with a Red Rhinestone.

10. Attach your coordinating envelope flap paper and trim off excess with your paper snips.

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